To all current and past members of Scientology:
After spending 20 years supporting the church I became aware of the criminal and contradictive actions of the current mgmt. They did us a favor by showing to us their true side and we survived it, barely, but many have not as some of your are all to well aware.
This org and mgmt lies, hatred and intolerance have been witnessed by many and possibly you reading this. The Golden Age of Tech is not so Golden when you see that the orgs and missions staff and public are smaller than they were in 95.
Matter of fact the new public statistic has been down sloping since the 80's.
The international scene is ugly to say the least. Germany is a mess because of the financial irregularities that have gone unchecked for years. France is having trials to possibly disband the subject and Greece and Italy as well as the rest of Europe are waking up to the criminal behavior of the mgmt that is so well veiled from the parishioners.
Orgs and missions are being picked weekly and monthly throughout the world by mostly ex members who have been subjected to fair game and reverse auditing and other insane acts in the name of clearing the planet.
When we went through our fairgame, black PR program we were in shock and in fear. When we got declared for simply telling three people to read C/S series 73RB which clearly shows that the six month checks for sevens, now called the refresher, was not standard, we woke up.
It did not take us long to learn that others for years have been treated in the same and sometimes worse fashion because they too found out a truth that the current mgmt did not want known.
We have decided to speak out about what we know and what happened to us because who better than a Scn to alert the other parishioners of what could happen to them.
If you have something to say it is needed because others have been hurt worse than us and it needs to stop. I can tell you this the more we speak out the less fearful of this mgmt we become and finally the fear blows and so does the programming to be in fear.
If you had a similar experience as ours or know of someone who did, help them to tell there story. Ours is on lisatrust.net Greg and Debbie Barnes. Maybe a video is too much exposure maybe not but your help is needed to at least be a witness and not let this happen to others if at all possible. Your story is important and believe me the truth will set you free and possibly this corrupt mgmt. Who knows who will read it or see it(video) and help them to not come under the suppressive and inhumane treatment of a mgmt that cares for nothing but their money and power.
Your confidence will be kept if you decide to remain that way.
You can contact myself at psbill.claims@gte.net or call me at 800-208-1009 or contact the Lisa McPherson Trust in Clearwater and speak to either Stacy or Jessie.
We decided to speak out instead of justing going away silently because we wanted our friends to know the truth. Whether they believe it or not we at least told them and we have helped others who have contacted us because of our video. You are not alone no matter how alone you may feel more and more of us are coming out and speaking and supporting each other. Your help to free others is needed and you will be gain a lot by speaking out as well.
Hope this helps, Greg Barnes
>This org and mgmt lies, hatred and intolerance have been witnessed by many
>and
I empathize with what you are saying. When I was a staff member I used to
spend hours talking to friends one of which was in the GO, about how weird some
of the stuff was that was going on, either with staff members or execs etc...
But we were talking as Scientologists who were looking for answers to make things better. We were not putting $cio or Hubbard down. This seems to be what you are saying here.
Since being out of the crimininal organization which calls itself a church for over 20 years, its only been in the past few years that I have really come to grip with what $cio really is. (this ng has helped immensely) Its not just the present mgt that is corrupt or "out tech" it is the whole premise of $cio the way Hubbard created it. My opinion is that he mixed alot of decent therapies and philosophies together and twisted them around to suit his evil purposes. Not only did he twist things he threw in a lot of black magic and also perverted Crowley's magick to make it even worse. As far as I am concerned Hubbard is Religions Hitler.
I think you are right that the way $cio is being run now it the worst its ever been, and I also think that the top execs are bunkering down and are squirreling lots and lots of money away. Even if no new people go into $cio I am sure they have enough money and assets including real-estate to keep them going for the next 20 years. They also have the power of a million lawyers and probably some of the government including the IRS in their pocket.
So you are right public awareness and political pressure is the right way to go.
But if you think that nothing is wrong with $cio except for its current management then please continue to read up on it. I also suggest reading Aleister Crowley's book "Magick" you will see many similiarities between what Hubbard produced and what Crowely was saying